The collection contains a scrapbook and loose editorial cartoon clippings from mostly New York and Cleveland-area publications from the years 1917 to 1920 chronicling the United States involvement in World War I.

Series One includes business and reader correspondence including requests for original cartoons and copies of cartoons, positive and negative responses from readers (fan mail and hate mail), correspondence regarding reprints and syndicate business, and correspondence from cartoonist colleagues. Series Two contains more than 3600 original cartoons by Ray Osrin (For access, see the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Database).

Original art works in this collection may be found by searching the library's original art database.

The Paul R. Carmack Collection and Papers includes a folder of letters from notable people, clippings of his editorial cartoons published in The Christian Science Monitor, a copy of his book The Adentures of Slim and Spud. The majority of this collection are topical subject files of newspapers clippings that Carmack collected. These clippings are from the 1930s and 1940s and focus on the issues of the day. It assumed Carmack collected this information to assist in the creation of his political cartoons for this time period.